Multi-Billion-Dollar Sale at Dollar General

Insiders sold more than 43 million shares of the retailer for $2.21 billion.

Several insiders at discount merchant Dollar General took the opportunity of a stock price near an all-time high to sell cartloads of stock on Oct. 3. They dispensed of a whopping 43,528,878 shares to the tune of $2,207,863,938, and upbeat observers refuse to flinch at the magnitude of the sales.